THE PRIDE OF PEWAUKEE COMES HOME TONIGHT FOR A SPECIAL CEREMONY. N-F-L STAR AND PEWAUKEE NATIVE J-J WATT RETURNED TO HIS ALMA MATER. WISN 12 NEWS TONI VALLIERE IS AT PEWAUKEE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE J-J TOOK TO THE FIELD. THE STANDS ARE EMPTY AND THE CROWD IS GONE, BUT THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS ARE STILL SHINING BRIGHT ON THE FIELD WHERE FORMER PEWAUKEE PIRATE AND NFL STAR JJ WATT HAD HIS HIGH SCHOOL JERSEY RETIRED. 14-18 23-28 39-44 "I'M SO PROUD TO SAY THAT I'M FROM PEWAUKEE." TEXAN DEFENSIVE LINEMAN JJ WATT WAS SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THE PEWAUKEE HIGH SCHOOL STAFF, AS HIS JERSEY WAS RETIRED DURING HALF TIME FRIDAY NIGHT. "TO HAVE MY JERSEY RETIRE AND TO KNOW THAT I HAVE A PLACE IN PEWAUKEE HISTORY, THAT MEANS A LOT TO ME." IT'S ALSO A VERY PROUD MOMENT FOR HIS FATHER WHO PLAYED ON THE SAME FIELD IN THE 70'S. "TO THINK THAT THIS DAY WOULD BE TAKING PLACE RETIRING HIS NUMBER, YOU CAN'T PLAN FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU CAN'T EXPECT IT AND WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN IT'S A NICE SURPRISE." BUT FOR JOHN MALTSCH WHO HELPED GUIDE HIM ON THE FIELD WHEN HE WAS A PEWAUKEE PIRATE, THIS DAY COMES AS NO SURPRISE. "IT'S SIMPLY AWESOME HE WORKS HARDER THAN ANY OTHER PERSON I'VE EVER KNOWN IN MY LIFE." THE WATT FAMILY HAS WATCHED ALL THREE OF THEIR SONS SUCCEED ON THE FIELD, AT PEWAUKEE HIGH SCHOOL AND AT UW MADISON. AND JJ HOPES HIS JERSEY RETIREMENT ISN'T THE LAST FOR HIS FAMILY. "I'M HOPING THERE'S TWO MORE BEHIND ME AT LEAST." BY THE WAY THIS IS A BYE WEEK FOR BOTH THE TEXANS AND THE BADGERS WHICH ALLOWED THE FAMILY TO BE HERE FOR THIS CELEBRATION OF JJ. JJ'S NOT THE FIRST N- F-L PLAYER TO HAVE HIS JERSEY RETIRED. CHRIS MACINTOSH OF THE SEATTLE SEA HAWKS HAD HIS JERSEY RETIRED HERE 12 YEARS AGO. LIVE IN PEWAUKEE, TONI VALLIERE, WISN 12 NEWS

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